Precocioushttp://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/taxonomy/term/5441/all
enIntegrating the Two South Asiashttp://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/integrating-two-south-asias
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><img height="248" border="1" align="right" width="250" alt="" src="/files/endpovertyinsouthasia/Ejaz%20Ghani/Ejazintegration1.jpg" />Regional Cooperation can be the key </strong>instrument to promote increased market integration in South Asia through greater flow of goods, services, capital, and ideas. This is appropriate for a region which is the least integrated region in the world, although many countries share analogous cultures and histories, as well as a passion for cricket and curry.</p>
<p>It is also very timely given the global downturn and the slowdown in global trade. Increased regional trade could more than compensate for the potential loss in global trade. It is estimated that increased intra-regional trade could add two percentage points to South Asia's GDP growth.<strong> This could raise South Asia's real GDP growth from 6% to 8% in 2010.</strong> Unlike fiscal stimulus, increased market integration and regional trade could add to GDP growth, without increasing public debt. It is the most efficient and cost effective instrument for South Asia to cope with the global downturn.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:26:04 +0000Ejaz Ghani568 at http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia